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"Tanizaki puts himself in a line of stylists...who aim at a dreamy, floating prose. They are suspicious of too vivid a choice of words, too clear a view, too conspicuous a transition from one figure or idea to the other. They prefer their prose to be misty, to suggest more than it says..." [from the introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker] — Simi... more »larly Kaname, the hero os "Some Prefer Nettles", who lives in stylish, westernized Tokyo, seeks retreat from a modern marriage in the elusive, evocative world of his childhood - the floating world of traditional Japan.« less